
The Manual of Scientific Style
A Guide for Authors, Editors, and Researchers
- 984 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
The Manual of Scientific Style
A Guide for Authors, Editors, and Researchers
About this book
Much like the Chicago Manual of Style, The Manual of Scientific Style addresses all stylistic matters in the relevant disciplines of physical and biological science, medicine, health, and technology. It presents consistent guidelines for text, data, and graphics, providing a comprehensive and authoritative style manual that can be used by the professional scientist, science editor, general editor, science writer, and researcher.- Scientific disciplines treated independently, with notes where variances occur in the same linguistic areas- Organization and directives designed to assist readers in finding the precise usage rule or convention- A focus on American usage in rules and formulations with noted differences between American and British usage- Differences in the various levels of scientific discourse addressed in a variety of settings in which science writing appears- Instruction and guidance on the means of improving clarity, precision, and effectiveness of science writing, from its most technical to its most popular
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Table of contents
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Preface
- Part I. The Elements of Scientific Style
- Part II. Style and Usage for Specific Disciplines
- Appendix A. Tables and Conventions for Mathematics
- Appendix B. Tables and Conventions for Physics
- Appendix C. Tables and Conventions for Astronomy
- Appendix D. Tables and Conventions for Chemistry
- Appendix E. Tables and Conventions for Organic Chemistry
- Appendix F. Tables and Conventions for Earth Science and Environmental Science
- Appendix G. Table and Conventions in Life Science
- Appendix H. Tables and Conventions in Medical Science
- Appendix I. Further Reading and Resources